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HOWARD RAY WILHOIT JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 15, 1949 – November 23, 1968
Service recordHoward Ray Wilhoit JR, of Ludlow, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 47
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Ludlow, Kentucky (Kenton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 47
- RICHARD CRAIG STEVENSSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
- JOSEPH DANIEL SZIDORPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- TERREL JAMES VIDRINEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE WARRENPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
From Ludlow
- EVERETT STRATTON JRLance Corporal · August 4, 1967
- NICHOLAS OWEN WAGMANCorporal · September 2, 1967
- DANNY LEE BOONESpecialist Four · May 19, 1968
- RONALD LEO NIEWAHNERSergeant · December 13, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.